Laundry pressing member



July 3, 1941. L M.'KAHN ETAL 2,248,710

LAUNDRY PRESSiNG MEMBER Filed May 15, 1937 ATTORNEY.

Patented July 8, 1941 {TED STAT? This invention relates to presses, and more particularly to laundry presses.

An object of the invention is to provide, in presses of the character described, a duplex buck and pressing element.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an element of the character described comprising a garment-supporting surface adapted for holding work to be pressed, a pressing element spaced from said work-supporting element, and a work-receiving table positioned between said pressing element and said work-supporting element and adapted to receive and protect such of said work as may overhang from the supporting element.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a duplex buck and head of the character described wherein the buck portion is spaced from the head portion by a narrow neck, and wherein both the buck and head portions are adapted to be heated by steam.

A still further object of the invention is to provide, in a laundry press or the like, a duplex buck and head element of the character described with means associated therewith for supporting and moving said duplex element between a raised position in contact with a pressing head and a lowered position in contact with a supplemental buck element.

A still further object of the invention is to provide, in connection with a duplex buck and head element of the character described, means formaintaining work in position upon the workreceiving .portion of said element.

Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will in part appear hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises the features of construction, combination of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention reference should be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly in section, of a duplex buck embodying one form of the invention;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the elements shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic end elevation of a press comprising a duplex buck of the type shown "in'Figs/l and 2. e

A preferred form of the invention isv shown in the drawing, wherein Fig. 3 isdiagrammatically illustrative of a press comprising a duplex head and buck element A, a second buck element 3, and a fixed pressing head F. As shown, the lower buck B may be mounted on a frame C upon links or other buck-moving means G, which maybe actuated by means shown diagrammatically at H,

so that the buck B may be moved between a lowered pressing position shown in dash-lines in Fig. 3 and a raised and laterally displaced work-receiving position shown in solid-lines in Fig. 3. The frame C may comprise a base E and substantially vertical elements D which are adapted to carry the duplex buck and head eleis cleared from the fixed pressing head F,'so' that work to be pressed may be placed-thereon and removed therefrom.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2,

" the duplex buck and head element A maybe provided with means i afiixed to the hollow pressing base 2 adapted for engagement with means not shown journaled in or around the upright elements D, so that the duplex buck element A may be raised and lowered in the manner heretofore described. Upon thebase 2 there may be affixed a narrow buck-supporting element 3, preferably in the form of a hollow gooseneck. This element may be provided with a passage 4 positioned to overlie openings 5 in the upper surface of the element 2, so that hot steam which may be introduced into the element 2 in any desired manner, may flow freely through thesupporting element 3 to the inside of the work-receiving .buck 6. The buck 6 may be covered by a suitable pad or other yielding element I so that a garment to be pressed may be yieldingly supported thereon.

Elements are provided for supporting the overhanging portions of the garment positioned upon the surface of the pad 1 so that those portions are kept from contact with the heated steamchest 2 and with the trunnions or buck-supporting elements I. These overhang supporting elements may take the form of extensions 8; 9, l0

and l I forming atableortray-like supportabove the heated chest 2 and beneath the work-supporting surface I, and the work-supporting surface is preferably sufliciently spaced from the heated chest by the element 3 that ample space is left between the upper surface of the pad I and the table or tray-like elements'just described for the retention and protection of the overhang of work positioned upon the pad I.

Pivotally mounted elements I2 and I3 may be provided for holding the work firmly in position upon the pressing surface of the buck while the element A is being moved between pressing and work-receiving positions. Two forms of such work-holding elements are shown in Fig. 2. The element [3 is shown as a curved sheet or plate extending the full length of the work-receiving surface of the buck and supported at its ends on arms I4 pivotally mounted upon the shaft I5, which in turn is positioned in brackets I6 aflixed to the extension I! of the hollow chest 2. Means may be provided, for example the fluid cylinder I8, piston rod l9, and the arm 26, for actuating the work-holding element I3 and for swinging it from lowered to work-engaging position. A conduit 2| is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 2 for providing motive fluid to the cylinder I8. When the element I3 is in lowered position it may fit snugly against the outer face of the element 8, which in turn may be shaped to conform approximately to the form of the element I3. The arms I4 which support the element I3 are preferably positioned completely outside of the overhang supporting elements I 0, I I.

A modified form of work-holding element is shown at I2. This element may comprise a plate extending substantially the full length of the head of the buck and provided with strengthening ribs 22 hinged as at 23 to the edge of the overhang supporting element 9. Means, for ex ample handle means 24, may be provided to swing the element I2 into and out of work-engaging position. In Fig. 2 the dotted lines [2' are intended to indicate the position of the element when it engages work resting upon the surface of the buck. The weight of the element l2 may be sufficient to hold the work in fixed position on the surface of the buck when the element is inclined against the buck, as at I2 in Fig. 2, or spring means may be provided to hold the element I2 against the pad 'I.

The provision of a channel in the supporting element 3 for the flow of heating fluid between the chest 2 and the work-receiving surface 6 of the buck A simplifies the means employed to heat and press the work. It is to be understood that suitable steam-supply means may be provided in connection with the chest 2, so that steam may be supplied at any stage in the operation of the device.

It will be understood also that means may be provided in connection with the elements I for steadying the buck and making it stable during its motion between the elements B and F.

Since certain changes may be made in the above construction and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be in terpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

We claim:

1. In a press of the character described comprising a head and a work-receiving buck, a unitary buck and pressing element comprising a work support, a pressing chamber, means for continuously maintaining in spaced relation said support and said chamber, means positioned between said support and said chamber and comprising table-like means extending beyond the edges of said support and substantially complete- 1y around said support for engaging work overhanging from said support and maintaining said work from contact with said chamber, and means fixedly attached to said element and displaceable with said element for moving said element between one predetermined position and another predetermined position, said work support and said pressing chamber being operative together as a unit.

2. In a press of the character described comprising a head and a work-receiving buck, a unitary buck and pressing element comprising a work support, a pressing chamber, means for continuously maintaining in spaced relation said support and said chamber, means positioned adjacent said pressing chamber and between said support and said chamber and comprising tablelike means extending beyond the edges of said support and substantially completely around said support for engaging Work overhanging from said support and maintaining said work from contact with said chamber, and means fixedly attached to said element and displaceable with said element for guiding said element between one predetermined position and another predetermined position, said Work support and said pressing chamber being operative together as a unit.

3. In a press of the character described comprising a head and a work-receiving buck, a unitary buck and pressing element comprising a work support, a pressing chamber, means for continuously maintaining in spaced relation said support and said chamber, means positioned between said support and said chamber and comprising table-like means extending beyond the edges of said support and substantially completely around said support for engaging work overhanging from said support and maintaining said work from contact with said chamber, and means movable into and out of engagement with said work support for holding work to be pressed firmly thereupon.

4. In a press, a unit comprising means providing a surface adapted for supporting a garment to be ironed, means providing a second heated surface adapted for ironing a garment, each of said surfaces being movable with the other when said unit is moved, and means extending directly between the two first-mentioned means and supportingly connecting the two firstmentioned means and limiting the distance between the two first-mentioned means and providing a space which is between said surfaces and which extends inwardly from their peripheries and which is of sufiicient volume to intercept a substantial portion of the heat leaving said second means in a direction toward said first means.

5. In a press, a unit comprising means providing a surface adapted for supporting a garment to be ironed, means providing a second surface adapted for ironing a garment, each of said surfaces being movable with the other when said unit is moved, means providing a heating chamber adjacent said ironing surface and separated from said supporting surface, and means extending directly between the two first-mentioned means and supportingly connecting the two first-mentioned means and limiting the distance between the two first-mentioned means and providing a space which is between said supporting surface and said heating chamber and which extends inwardly from their peripheries and which is of sufficient volume to intercept a substantial portion of the heat leaving said second means in a direction toward said first means.

6. In a press, a unit comprising means providing a pair of spaced chambers, means providing a supporting surface, as one wall of one of said chambers, for supporting a garment to be ironed, means providing an ironing surface as one wall of the other of said chambers, means providing a space directly between the peripheries of said surfaces, and means for conducting heating fluid to each of said chambers, and means for holding said chambers in spaced relation, all of said means being operable together as a unitary element whereby an operative may arrange one garment on said supporting surface and spaced from the heat of said other chamber which has an ironing surface while the other chamber is used for ironing another garment.

7. In a press, a unit comprising means providing a pair of spaced chambers, means providing a supporting surface, as One wall of one of said chambers, for supporting a garment to be ironed, means providing an ironing surface as one wall of the other of said chambers, means providing a space directly between the peripheries of said surfaces, and means for conducting heating fluid to said unit and spaced from said supporting surface, and means for holding said chambers in spaced relation, all of said means being operative as a unitary element whereby an operative may arrange one garment on said supporting surface and spaced from the heat of said other chamber which has an ironing surface while the other chamber is used for ironing another garment.

8. In a press, a unit comprising means providing a pair of spaced chambers, means providing a supporting surface, as one wall of one of said chambers, for supporting a garment to be ironed, means providing an. ironing surface as one wall of the other of said chambers, means providing a space directly between the peripheries of said surfaces, and means for conducting heating fluid to said unit and positioned nearer said ironing surface than said supporting surface, and means for holding said chambers in spaced relation, all of said means being operative as a unitary element whereby an operative may arrange one garment on said supporting surface and spaced from the heat of said other chamber which has an ironing surface while the other chamber is used for ironing another garment.

9. In a press, a unit comprising means providing a pair of spaced chambers, means providing a supporting surface, as one wall of one of said chambers, for supporting a garment to be ironed, means providing an ironing surface as one wall of the other of said chambers, means providing a space directly between the peripheries of said surfaces, means for conducting heating fluid to each of said chambers, all of said means being operable together as a unitary element, and padding on the first-mentioned surface, the secondmentioned surface being metallic, said space being adapted for having therein means extending in different directions for attaching said padding over the first-mentioned surface.

10. In a press, a unit comprising means providing an upper chamber, means providing a lower relatively larger chamber, means providing a supporting surface on the top of said upper chamber,

means providing an ironing surface on the bottom of said lower chamber, meansproviding an exposed space directly between said chambers, and means for holding said chambers in spaced relation, all of said means being operative as a unit, whereby an operative may arrange one garment on said supporting surface and spaced from the heat of said other chamber which has an ironing surface while the other chamber is used for ironing another garment, said upper chamber being smaller than said lower chamber.

11. In a press, a unit comprising a heating chest having an upper surface and a lower ironing surface, means extending from said upper surface, and permanently supporting means providing a garment-supporting surface, there being a space between said upper surface and the last-mentioned means, and means for holding said chambers in spaced relation, all of said means being operative as a unitary element whereby an operative may arrange one garment on said supporting surface and spaced from the heat of said other chamber which has an ironing surface while the other chamber is used for ironing another garment.

12. In a press, a unit comprising means providing an upper chamber, means providing a lower chamber, means providing a supporting surface on the top of said upper chamber, means providing an ironing surface on the bottom of said lower chamber, means providing an exposed space directly between said chambers, and means for holding said chambers in spaced relation, all of said means being operative as a unitary element whereby an operative may arrange one garment on said supporting surface and spaced from the heat of said other chamber which has an ironing surface while the other chamber is used for ironing another garment.

13. In a press, a unit comprising means providing an upper chamber, means, heavy compared to the first-mentioned means, and providing a lower relatively larger chamber, means providing a supporting surface on the top of said upper chamber, means providing an ironing surface on the bottom of said lower chamber, means providing an exposed space directly between said chambers, and means for holding said chambers in spaced relation, all of said means being operative as a unitary element, whereby an operative may arrang one garment on said. supporting surface and spaced from the heat of said other chamber which has an ironing surface while the other chamber is used for ironing another garment, said upper chamber being smaller than said lower chamber.

14. In a press, a plurality of guides and a unitary buck and head element comprising means providing a work-receiving surface, means providing a work-pressing surface, means for maintaining said surfaces at a distance from each other, means for engaging work overhanging from said work-receiving surface, the last-mentioned means being positioned between the planes of said surfaces and nearer said work-pressing surface and extending outwardly beyond the lateral boundary of said Work-receiving surface, and supporting members integral with said buck and head element and between said Work-receiving surface and said work-pressing surface and positioned adjacent said guides whereby said element may be moved as a unit along said guides.

FRANK J. KAHN. LEO M. KAHN. 

